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A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. – Joseph Addison	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. – Oscar Wilde	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us. – Author Unknown	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. – Charles Dickens	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. – Charles Dickens	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. – Joseph Addison	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. – Baltasar Gracian	added by anonymous 14 years ago
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. – Oscar Wilde	added by anonymous 14 years ago
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself. – Joseph Farrell	added by anonymous 14 years ago
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. – William Butler Yeats	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice. – Thomas Paine	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. – Robert Frost	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. – Chuck Norris	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Temper is like Blood...... you only see it when you lose it!!! – Siddharth Astir	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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